As I've mentioned in the past, I won't ignore today's commercial output simply because it's popular and mostly crappy: in fact, with the exception being Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, I won't automatically dismiss any artist out there.

None of this backstory matters, though, because all you two are concerned about is why Hip Hop Isn't Dead would devote space to the continuing exploits of Aubrey Graham anyway. (Even with it being readily available, I chose to wait until it actually found its way to store shelves, and even then I didn't actually buy it: I'm basing this write-up on a borrowed copy from a friend and inexplicable Drake fan.) It's a gamble that his new label home, Universal, hopes will pay off, and Drake has played his role as the employee of the month very well, promoting the shit out of Thank Me Later even after it leaked to the Interweb a full two weeks before its actual release date.

With his debut album, the artist currently known as Drake hopes to build upon his large following with a musical experience that, hopefully, people will actually pay for, a tough proposition when you realize that all of his albums thus far have been freebies given away on blogs as if they were candy on Halloween. Terrible album cover aside, Aubrey Graham's Thank Me Later is one of the most highly anticipated hip hop albums of the summer.

Drake thank me later album credits